HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.04) (previously titled Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions)

Monitor and Shell Commands
Using an Alternate Partition Database File
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Using an Alternate Partition Database File
By default, the local copy of the vPars partition database is kept in the file /stand/vpdb on the boot disk of
each virtual partition within a hard partition. However, you can create, edit, and delete virtual partitions in
an alternate partition database file by using the "-D filename " option in the vPars command string, where
filename is the name of the alternate partition database file. For more information on the vPars command
strings, see the vPars manpages.
The alternate partition database file can be used to create an entirely different virtual partition configuration
without affecting the live partition database in the Monitor’s memory or the local copies in /stand/vpdb.
Example
Suppose the current virtual partition configuration is:
You could create an alternate partition database where the configuration is:
Partition
Name
winona1 winona2 winona3
Bound CPUs
total = 2
min = 2
total = 2
min = 2
paths = 41,45
total = 1
min = 1
Unbound
CPUs
three CPUs are available
Memory
1024 MB 1280 MB 1280 MB
I/O Paths
(LBAs)
0.0
0.4
0.8
1.10
0.5
1.4
Boot Path
0.0.2.0.6.0 0.8.0.0.5.0 1.4.0.0.5.0
LAN
0.0.0.0 1.10.0.0.4.0 0.5.0.0.4.0
Autoboot
AUTO AUTO AUTO
Partition
Name
winsim1 winsim2
Bound CPUs
total = 4
min = 4
total = 4
min = 4
Unbound
CPUs
no CPUs are available
Memory
1600 MB 1600 MB
I/O Paths
(LBAs)
0.0
0.4
0.8
1.10
1.2
Boot Path
0.0.2.0.6.0 0.8.0.0.5.0
LAN
0.0.0.0 1.10.0.0.4.0